No my last hamster died when i was 7, it had a rather nasty incident with a hoover (I must point out that it was not deliberate, it just escaped at an unfortunate time) The motors are quite useful for making trains (of the small electric variety) most of my family are really into that kind of thing so i do make the odd one as presents.

Look, don't get me wrong here. I really enjoy reading the chat on threads I've started (on all threads for that matter) and I'm as guilty as any for going way off-topic, but these are the OT subjects I've found so far:

Using the correct blend of Hot curry powder, and ordinary curry powder allows you to create a curry that not only tastes hot but leaves the delicious flavour in your throat for about an hour afterwards. Oh and raisins are a necessary addition

And all olives taste horrible.

How far through the book are you now? is it still as good as it started out?